Salt shoreline of the Dead Sea
by Djamil Al-Halbouni, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
Drone image of salt structures along the Eastern Dead Sea shoreline. Evaporation and wave action form fascinating salt domes with semi-circular pattern and layers along and perpendicular to the coast. A dried former submarine spring can be inferred in the upper right part.
Taken on 15
December
2016
Submitted on 02 February 2017
Featured on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union
Finalist in the EGU Photo Competition 2017
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- Asia (996)
- Western Asia (285)
- Jordan (53)
- Exact location (35.5300 E, 31.3179 N)
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